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15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it:
I shall go [a]softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live;
And wholly therein is the life of my spirit:
[b]Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.
17 Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness:
But [c]thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of [d]corruption;
For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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  1. Isaiah 38:15 Or, as in solemn procession. See Ps. 42:4.
  2. Isaiah 38:16 Or, So wilt thou recover me
  3. Isaiah 38:17 Hebrew thou hast loved my soul from the pit.
  4. Isaiah 38:17 Or, nothingness